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Article: Twelve-Year-Old Linux Vulnerability Discovered and Patched - published almost 3 years ago.
Content: It’s a privilege escalation vulnerability: Linux users on Tuesday got a major dose of bad news — a 12-year-old vulnerability in a system tool called Polkit gives attackers unfettered root privileges on machines running most major distributions of the open source operating system. Previously called PolicyKit, Polkit manages system-wide privileges in Unix-like...
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/01/twelve-year-old-linux-vulnerability-discovered-and-patched.html   
Published: 2022 01 31 12:18:55
Received: 2022 01 31 12:31:18
Feed: Schneier on Security
Source: Schneier on Security
Category: Cyber Security
Topic: Cyber Security
Article: Twelve-Year-Old Linux Vulnerability Discovered and Patched - published almost 3 years ago.
Content: It’s a privilege escalation vulnerability: Linux users on Tuesday got a major dose of bad news — a 12-year-old vulnerability in a system tool called Polkit gives attackers unfettered root privileges on machines running most major distributions of the open source operating system. Previously called PolicyKit, Polkit manages system-wide privileges in Unix-like...
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/01/twelve-year-old-linux-vulnerability-discovered-and-patched.html   
Published: 2022 01 31 12:18:55
Received: 2022 01 31 12:31:18
Feed: Schneier on Security
Source: Schneier on Security
Category: Cyber Security
Topic: Cyber Security

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